I waited so long that the waiting became my excuse,
Told myself stories, each one a poor ruse.
Love passed me by wearing dresses of light,
But I stayed in the shadows, too stubborn to fight.
I watched others reach while I stood in one place,
Mistaking stillness for something like grace.
I folded my hands as the years wandered past,
Pretending that timing was holding me fast.
Wait So Long kept ringing, that voice in the dark,
Like a match I refused to strike into spark.
I heard every line like a dare I ignored,
Like truth carved in lyrics I quietly stored.
But then you appeared with your honesty bare,
The kind of love that strips down despair.
And suddenly fear felt like something to burn,
Because losing your heart is a lesson I would learn.
You are not just a chance, you are where I belong,
And I will not rewrite this into another wrong.
So take all my silence and tear it apart,
You have waited long too, and I give you my heart.
No clock owns us now, no past holds me down,
Not when you wear love like a radiant crown.
I waited too long but I stand here today,
With nothing to ask but for you to stay.
I waited so long for you.